Air France Flight 296Q
Air France Flight 296Q was a chartered flight of a new Airbus A320 operated by Air Charter International for Air France. On 26 June 1988, the plane crashed while making a low pass over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield (ICAO: LFGB) as part of the Habsheim Air Show. Most of the crash sequence, which occurred in front of several thousand spectators, was caught on video. This was the aircraft's first passenger flight following delivery and most of those on board were journalists and raffle competition winners who had won tickets in a promotional event by local businesses.
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